Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINDSOR, VERMONT, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poet's Biography First Line: The windsor that I used to know Last Line: Has voted democratic. Subject(s): Towns; Windsor, Vermont | ||||||||
THE Windsor that I used to know Was sorter slacker-like and slow, With only convicts busy; But now that sleepy state is past, And wheels and men go 'round so fast It fairly makes you dizzy. The dust that lay on Common Hill, It would have stopped a motor still, If there had been a motor; And people thought they oughter stay When anybody moved away To North or South Dakota. The years went by with silent step, And no one even hollered "Hep," And scarce a whistle sounded, Until that dayHurrah for Blaine! When patriotic Colonel Paine Had celery compounded. But while she dozed, it came to pass That Windsor cultivated "class" As her peculiar tillage; Here ministers of state repaired, And dreamy diplomats declared, "Oh! what a lovely village." And more aristocratic heads O'ertopped the town than Russian Reds Have ever heaved a brick at; And more patricians strolled the streets, And set around on summer seats Than you could shake a stick at. One far-off year there came from Yale A student trim and slim and pale To be the village teacher; And afterward so great he grew He carried Andy Johnson through, And saved the sinking Beecher. And here, too, bloomed the builder's art, And egg and bead and egg and dart Adorned unusual finish; Ionic columns lined the road, The ladies took their tea from Spode And watched their weights diminish. But now the wheels, they race and roar, The whistles blow, the payrolls soar, And life is "automatic"; There's more reward, if less renown, And once, By George! they say the town Has voted Democratic. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MEN OF WINDSOR by ARTHUR WENTWORTH HEWITT A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT AUCTIONEER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT BOOTMAKER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT BREAKFAST by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT BUTTERY by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT CHICKEN BUYER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT COUNTRY STORE by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT GENERAL-UTILITY MAN by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |
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